“…Literature reports of biomonitoring studies indicate both positive associations [Falck et al, 1991;Bolognesi et al, 1993Bolognesi et al, , 2002Gómez-Arroyo et al, 2000;Shaham et al, 2001;Márquez et al, 2005;Bhalli et al, 2006a, b] and no association [Davies et al, 1998;Pastor et al, 2001Pastor et al, , 2002b between pesticide exposure and the induction of DNA damage. These differences may be due to the fact that these studies were conducted on different populations, with different types and levels of exposure, and that the use of protective measures varied between studies.…”